Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) recruited executive directors Steve Medwin and Nick Wigoda, both with extensive experience working with rival commercial brokerage JLL. Both of them have been among the most productive commercial brokers in South Florida, with major industrial, business park and land deals. In the past four years, they combined to broker over…

Florida East Coast Realty, one of the largest developers in South Florida, has filed revised plans for a 10-story, mixed-use building in Coral Gables. Dean Warhaft, VP of development for Miami-based FECR, said it’s been working on the 33 Alhambra project since 2013 and it made significant changes to its plans in response to input…

Panza, Maurer & Maynard P.A. has expanded with a newly-leased office in Fort Lauderdale. The 40-year-old firm is moving into 12,000 square feet at the Coastal Towers, 2400 E. Commercial Blvd. It had spent 20 years in the Bank of America Building at 3600 N. Federal Highway. At the same time, Panza, Maurer & Maynard…

Ryan Shear From the April issue: What keeps that permanent smile on the face of Ryan Shear? Some might say it’s his low-key upbringing in Miami’s Coconut Grove. But it could also be the collection of humble beginnings and a focused awareness of current trends that has helped him become a leading real estate developer in…

250 Wynwood Wynwood is arguably one of the fastest changing Miami neighborhoods in recent years, and a new Florida International University report shows how the historically working class and industrial area has become an arts district dominated by the middle class. Click to enlarge From 2000 to 2014, the neighborhood has seen a slew of…

A rendering of 25 in Edgewater Edgewater is getting another condo tower. Spider expects to break ground on “25,” a 93-unit condo tower on Northeast 25th Street, by the end of 2016, a spokesperson confirmed to The Real Deal. Spider Principal Andres Goldenberg “25” will sit on a 27,000-square-foot plot at 113 to 123 Northeast…

An office building on the edge of the Miami Design District sold for $10.5 million to an investor who recently offloaded from properties in Wynwood. One Fountainhead Center, managed by Ana M. Bravo and Roberto Bravo, sold the 15,901-square-foot office building at 4141 North Miami Ave. to J Cube Development, led by Remy Jacobson. Metro…

4141 North Miami Avenue in the Design District Developer Remy Jacobson just paid $10.5 million for a church fronting North Miami Avenue in the Design District. Jacobson, of J Cube Development, bought the 16,000-square-foot property at 4141 North Miami Avenue. Tony Arellano and Tony Cho of Metro 1 represented Jacobson. Arellano, who was the exclusive…

Stiles, one of the real estate firms in Broward County, announced a leadership succession plan that resulted in a new co-CEO. The Fort Lauderdale-based development, property management and brokerage firm appointed Ken Stiles as co-CEO. He’ll work along side father Terry Stiles, the chairman and CEO. The senior Stiles will transition out of the chief…

Business groups praised Senate passage of the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which funds more energy research, promotes energy efficiency, and expedites approval of natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas exports. The bill passed Wednesday on an 85-12 vote. It must now be reconciled with House legislation before it becomes law. “Expedited LNG permitting will…